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I love this video and how into Halloween the father is. If it had been of my family when I was a child, the scenes would have been "Here comes Dad, and boy is he furious everyone is making a mess in the living room and blocking the tv. 'Shoo!' he says."
Who says Halloween is over?
This past weekend I didn't feel like going straight home after work. Instead, I went down to the Harbourfront Centre to catch the end of the Day of the Dead Festival with everything from sugar skulls, to Mariachi Bands, to traditional altar displays. Sadly, I got there 20 minutes before it all shut down, and did a quick tour of the lot. I was disappointed to arrive so late, but soon realized all was not lost.
Turns out there was a theatrical performance of Orson Welles' famous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds by the Art of Time Ensemble. Instead of having 11 voice actors, there were 3: Sean Cullen (who has done many things, but I always think of Corky and the Juice Pigs), Nicholas Campbell (who you might know from Haven, or the classic Da Vinci's Inquest), and Marc Bendavid (The Border).
It was a simple set, leaving the props and costumes to give the impression of time and setting. The main actors stood to the right with microphones in front, scripts in hand. To the far left was live Foley sound effects artist John Gzowski who was fascinating to watch. In the middle were musicians who, in classic form, spent their free time smoking and reading magazines.
Hanging above the cast was an "On Air" sign and a clock, counting off the hour.
As someone who loves to listen to stories, and also enjoys a glimpse of history, I was completely captivated.
You could understand why people tuning in partway into the program might believe the news broadcasts were real. And how, if they didn't stick around to listen until the last quarter, they wouldn't understand that what they were listening to was a theatrical production.
Even the poster for the event (pictured top left) appealed to me.
And that was just the second half of the show. There was more.
Let me start by saying a big thanks to Amy over at Circus Posterus who chose Halloween to post an interview with yours truly. Definitely one of the coolest online nods I've gotten this season.
The oddest? I made the list for Best Dating Sites "20 Sites to Plan the Perfect Halloween Date" which tickled me to no end. I'm at the bottom, for those who want to get crafty on their date. Hilariously awesome.
Now, who is going to hand out the "We Survived Halloween 2012" shirts?
Strange year. Ventured out into the city early yesterday evening and in neighbourhoods that traditionally overflowed with Halloween celebration and decoration, but there was little to be found. You'd think it was the start of October, not the end. Certainly not Halloween itself.
We made it.
Here's hoping the storm systems don't completely ruin this year's festivities for folks. While it is rainy and miserable, and not the best weather for haunters, it could be worse. You just have to read the news about folks east of us to know how bad it could be.
Besides, I don't think having an old fashioned dark and stormy night in Toronto is all that bad for setting the Halloween mood.
As for me? What's that saying about the best laid plans? It's looking like my social affairs are going to melt away with the rain. Last minute meetings, work obligations and acts of God have all conspired so that I might be on my own after work. Tonight? I imagine I'll be on the couch with Yetch and Monkey Boo.
As promised, here are the last pictures from this year's party. I decided to take my corpse from last year and have her propped on the porch to greet guests. Sure, it has nothing to do with Twin Peaks, but I really like her.
I also was able to get the Art Ghoullery behaving, so you can see the complete set in larger versions.
Be safe tonight. Have fun. And I wish you the Happiest of Halloweens.
Ghoul Friday
"Through the dark of futures past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me'
I'll catch you with my death bag
You may think I've gone insane
But I promise
I will kill again"
Here is the second batch of pictures.
You got to see a preview of the Laura Palmer decoration earlier, and now here it is up on the wall.
I do like the simplicity of using crumpled brown craft paper for the quote "She's dead. Wrapped in Plastic". Something earthy about it, and a sense of being disposable (easily thrown away in the trash).
I used the craft paper for cave symbols across the room too. And of course, the brown paper bags for the Sycamore tree lanterns.
The chess game and playing cards with the faces changed are hat tips to Windom Earle, and the poker chips are for "One Eyed Jacks".
What's a Red Room experience without Agent Cooper?
Here are the first set of photographs from Sunday's Party. The theme, as you know, was Halloween in the Black Lodge.
I'll be posting more images as the rainy afternoon goes on.
Having some technical difficulties with the site, so I can't put them into the Art Ghoullery just this moment. For now, here's some smaller versions while you wait for the originals to be posted.
In this set, you'll find sycamore trees at the entrance of the Black Lodge; Owls (of course); doughnuts (a bit fancier than what they had on the show); Tibetan rock throwing gear (to determine who "J" is/who killed Laura Palmer); a box of spiders for Leo Johnson; Waldo, the dead eye witness Mynah Bird; and the map from Owl Cave that tells folks how and where to find the Black Lodge.
More to come!
Missed posting Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was work and then prepping for my party, and Sunday was prepping then hosting my party.
October has gone by fast, but I think I traveled the speed of light yesterday to arrive here, Monday afternoon.
I've spent the morning dismantling part of the party decor (Monkey Boo couldn't find her way in and out of the curtained red room very well), and the afternoon was dedicated to snuggling on the couch with the pup.
I'm exhausted.
Everyone seemed to have a nice time. No huge recipe fiascoes. Decorations came together as expected. Overall, it was a successful gathering.
There are pictures to share. And I will share them. I promise.
But tomorrow.
The rest of the day is earmarked for putting away dishes, more snuggling with the dog, eating leftover fancy doughnuts from last night, and watching Halloween television or movies.
It's Halloween party weekend for many of us. I can feel the anxiety from here, rising like steam from party hosts.
If, like me, you like to make most of the food you serve at parties (or, also like me, you can't afford to have it catered), do yourself a favor and prepare as much of it as you can before the day of the party.
Many foods like soups and chilies freeze wonderfully, so make them early.
Prep for dish ingredients - chopping, roasting, grating, etc - can also be done ahead of time, ready to be assembled on the day.
I put a list of items I'm making on the fridge with 3 columns: prepped, made, served. If dishes have more than one component (for example, herb butter for a squash soup, or homemade dip with vegetables), I list them together. This helps prevent the last minute "I forgot to make the salsa for the nacho dip!" or even worse, you forget to bring out part of the dish when serving.
As I go along, I add a check mark to each column.
Honestly, this is a life saver. It also is handy for anyone who is helping you serve. They can look at the list and know how many things they should be looking for.
Doing a lot of work beforehand means doing considerably less work on the day of the party. Plus, you are less likely to end up stuck in the kitchen while your guests are there. It's YOUR party. You deserve to have fun too.
"She's dead. Wrapped in plastic."
It's got to be one of my favourite movie lines of all time. Mainly because of the way it's delivered.
While I am steering away from miscellaneous Twin Peaks references and imagery and focusing on the Black Lodge elements, I knew from the start I probably should include Laura Palmer's death in some way. It's a major part of the overall plot of the series, but it also is integral to the Black Lodge storyline.
When I realized I had one big blank spot left on a wall in the living room. I decided to come up with something that represented - directly - the death of Laura Palmer.
I'd toyed earlier with wrapping up my mannequin torso in plastic, putting a blonde wig on her and having an actual wrapped up corpse in the room but it didn't go with the overall feel of the decorations and symbolism I've been using.
I thought it would look kinda...blatant, crude and clumsy against the other decorations.
Instead, I came up with my...I don't know what to call it...Laura Palmer wreath? It's about 2 feet around.
It turned out nicer than I thought it would.
So, how did I make it?
I've been racking my brain trying to come up with an easy way to incorporate sycamore trees into the theme decor without having to build a bunch of them. In the show Twin Peaks, the entrance to the Black Lodge is surrounded by a ring of sycamore trees.
It finally hit me that I should make paper bag lanterns. They are cheap (because I have overspent my budget), easy (because I am running out of time) and I've had it on my "to do" list for years (but it never fit into my theme).
Sat down with a set of paper bags, a paint brush, and black paint. I started looking for free spooky tree clip art. Didn't find any I was overly crazy about, and became impatient. Decided I would throw caution to the wind, and just paint them by hand (because at this point, I'm too impatient to even do a pencil sketch first).
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Tenney 'Goes for Broke' on funding for Gateway Project
Call it want you want: Shooting the Moon, Going for Broke, whatever.
For Elizabeth Tenney, it's all of that, with an extra measure of audacity thrown in.
Tenney, whose volunteer projects in Mammoth have made her a key behind-the-scenes player, on Tuesday floored the town's Recreation Commission with a request for $250,000 in Measure R (taxpayer) funding for her Mammoth Gateway Community Project, up from a previous request of $25,000.
"I'm highly skeptical that we could get that much," she said to the commissioners, who answered her with their own skepticism.
"I actually hope I didn't jeopardize any Measure R funding by going for broke."
Whether the project qualifies for even a single dollar of Measure R funding—much less a quarter of a million dollars—caught the eye of several commissioners.
"I just don't see in here (the proposal) that this fits under Measure R," said commission chair Bill Sauser.
Said commissioner Teri Stehlik: "I don't think it falls under Measure R."
Measure R funds are taxpayer monies that are earmarked for the construction of new recreation construction projects. A good example is the funding for the Trails End Park, to be situated next to the Brothers Skate Park on Lower Meridian Blvd.
Measure R funding also went for the construction of the concrete slab and cooling element that were key components of the Mammoth Ice Rink.
Other project asking for money include the proposed Mammoth Track near Whitmore Pool, Whitmore Pool enhancements, new trails around town and a rehabilitation of the town's community tennis courts, situated near the intersection of Minaret Boulevard and Forest Trail.
Tenney's project, which began as an all-volunteer effort to build a "gateway monument" to the entrance of Mammoth Lakes on the north side of S.R. 203, offers no "recreation" elements at all, aside from a small pocket park that would be used as much for a sitting area than anything else.
Even that element drew some fire from the commission.
"I have a concern about a 'sitting area' that close to the highway."
Tenney said the Gateway Monument deserves Measure R funding because it would reflect Mammoth's commitment to recreation—a front door, so to speak.
Tenney herself said she sees the shortcomings of her request.
"I know it's an astronomical amount of money," she said. "All I can do is ask."
Among the exchanges were between commissioner Pat Agnitch and Tenney:
Agnitch: "If you were to get $250,000 …"
Tenney: "I would fall over in a dead faint."
Originally, the Gateway Monument was conceived as a kind of shield to hide from incoming traffic the new county courthouse, which Tenney—a Planning Commission member—said was ugly and uninviting.
That argument disappeared over the past several months as she and architect Larry Walker combined on the new monument design.
Projected costs escalated with each new tweak to the project.
Previous to the Gateway Monument project, Tenney led the effort to establish the small, but elegant park alongside the Post Office. That project was an entirely volunteer effort.
But that was before Measure R, too.

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Over the last few days since Kendrick Lamar chimed in with a vicious verse on Big Sean's track "Control" in which he proclaimed himself "King of New York," the rap world has been steadily answering via Twitter, Facebook and, most important and exciting, response tracks.
For those not up on the hoo-ha, earlier this week Lamar, one of the most skilled and respected wordsmiths on the hip hop scene, set forth lines that slammed the state of hip hop in 2013 with a grand declaration: "I'm in a destruction mode if the gold exists/I'm important like the Pope, I'm a Muslim on pork/I'm Makaveli's offspring, I'm the king of New York/King of the Coast/One hand, I juggle them both."
If that wasn't enough, Lamar went on to dismiss fashion-minded rappers (er, Kanye West, anyone?), proclaiming himself to be "a black Beatle, I'm either that or a Marley" and, in one gaggle of lines calling out current-day stars including J. Cole, Wale, Pusha T, Mac Miller and Tyler the Creator, explained that "I got love for you all but I'm trying to murder you …"
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The verse did what any great hip hop diss should: Demand response. In essence, Lamar drew a line in the sand, and in the 72 hours since rappers have accepted the challenge. Below are some of the best so far.
Joell Ortiz answered with bracing directness (and explicit language) through his verses, rapped to the original track. "I ain't even gotta give this too much thought, Joell Ortiz won every war that he ever fought," he explains in the best response so far.
This ain't no different, I'm listening you the king of New York?
Little homie you ain't the king of New York
You the next thing on my fork
The messenger with all them rings on that horse
Carrying king's heads til I kick you in your chest
And you cough and fall into a bottomless pit
Homie, you know how many bodies that fit
Chicago lyricist Lupe Fiasco has been on a tirade since Lamar mentioned him in "Control," and issued a venomous (and cuss-laden) answer in "SLR 2."
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Now we all heard what he said, but what he said means we dead
And that ... is insane
He's so crazy, look at the little baby
... you ain't Nas, ... you ain't Jay-Z
You will respect me, you will reject me
But I've done so much, no matter how far you go, you will reflect me
Atlanta MC BoB offered (with explicit language) a new track called "How 2 Rap" that addressed Lamar's skills (or, as he suggests, lack thereof).
Your lyrics are wack and emotionally shallow
You lost in my thoughts, you don't know how to paddle
I know that I'm shining, I know that I'm shining
Don't worry cause you can find shade in my shadow
Elsewhere, upstart rapper Los went a different route (again with explicit language) by expressing respect to Lamar for saying what he did -- while trying to grab his attention and addressing each rapper Lamar mentioned by name:
I wrote this in Hieroglyphics, I'm focused and I am gifted
I hope that I just provoked you to notice that I am different
I feel so blessed I should mention, I pushed the depths of extension
Much higher my type of talent requires special attention
Kendrick I think you genius, J. Cole got these ... worried
Big KRIT is a southern killer, Wale is a visionary
Pusha been pushing so long he truly defines a hustler
for his part, veteran actor/rapper Ice T offered kudos to Lamar in a series of tweets.
Hey, Hip Hop stripes are born in battle.. Me and LL did our thing back in the day.. It's part of the game.— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) August 13, 2013
More will no doubt arrive as the days pass. Keep an eye out for updates.
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The 2013-2014 school year budget was discussed again at the Feb. 11 meeting of the Grand Island Board of Education. Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance Joe Giarrizzo told trustees that he has adjusted his previous budget gap estimate from $1,514,000 to $1,644,199. The increase is due to higher wage and salary estimates for the coming year. Basically, 68 percent of the budget forecast increase is due to step increases in salaries. Giarrizzo also indicated that the mandated percentage that the district must contribute to the Teacher Retirement System is 16.25 percent, up 4.14 percent from the last reported estimate.
He said that district reserves are used to close budget gaps, and that right now, he estimates the funds could last 6 to 7 years. He also cautioned, though, that if expenditures increase and revenues decrease at a higher rate than they are now, the reserves could be used up completely.
In an unrelated item, Giarrizzo reported that last week's power outage at the Ransom Road complex was due to problems with National Grid transformers and had nothing to do with equipment in the schools. He said the power company was very good in keeping him and buildings and grounds staff updated on the situation until the problem was resolved.
In another agenda item, Director of Instructional Technology Molly Marren told the board about the Tivoli Energy Management system, which will be used by the district in managing energy usage throughout the district. The software will generate power usage reports and formulate ways to conserve power when computers and other high load devices are not at peak usage. Marren said she is working with Erie 1 BOCES in using the new system.
Finally, the board voted to reinstate the hall walker program at Grand Island High Schools as a Community Education course effective immediately. Previously, hallwalking had been suspended as a paid course with supervision.


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Sandra Inman, 47, told investigators in 2011 that she wanted to see her grandchildren more so she came up with the idea of forcing her daughter-in-law into the car in Logan so they could discuss the issue, according to a transcript of the interview. Once Summer Inman was forced into the back seat, her wrists were bound with zip ties.
Sandra Inman said her son, William "Will" Inman II, put a zip around his 25-year-old wife's neck and accidentally strangled her as she struggled. Sandra Inman said they couldn't find a knife or anything else in the car to cut off the zip.
"I know, I know positively, he didn't do it on purpose," Sandra Inman told investigators.
Afterward, Sandra Inman said it was her idea to dump the body in a septic tank behind a church before going elsewhere and vacuuming out the inside of the car. During the interview a week after the murder, she instructed investigators where they could find the body.
While the interview with Sandra Inman was continuing, officers at the church unbolted the septic tank lid and reported seeing Summer Inman's leg sticking out in the tank.
"It's the stupidest thing I ever thought of to do in my whole entire life," Sandra Inman told investigators.
The transcript of the March 29, 2011, confession was unsealed Thursday.
Sandra Inman pleaded guilty to murder and other charges and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Her husband, William Inman, 48, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted him earlier this month.
William Inman II, was convicted last year and also sentenced to life in prison without parole.


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Three years ago, homeowners at Rivergate Lofts noticed defects in the riverfront development across the river from the Durango Mall.
Patios funneled water into the condos, sound seemed to travel through cement and floors were cracking. As the homeowners association looked into the problems further, it became apparent that there were significant stabilization issues and structural support of the building was flawed.
Without money to pay for such vast repairs, the association filed a civil lawsuit that spawned into several other claims and counterclaims, most of which were settled out of court.
With the last phase of the lawsuit settled in May, the association is moving ahead with a $16 million reconstruction effort to stabilize and repair the four buildings in the development. The cost of such extensive reconstruction rivals that of the original development and has the potential to provide a big boost to Durangos construction industry, a homebuilder official said.
The first phase of the construction project, which focuses on parking lot repairs and stabilization, began last week, a relief for homeowners who stuck it out through the litigation process.
The owners are being made whole, said Julie Beckett, Rivergates property manager. The construction will make the buildings even better than they were when first constructed, she said.
The homeowners association is financing the project with part of the money from a $26.4 million settlement it reached last year with the developers, Rivergate Loft Partners LLC and various other entities involved in the project.
The construction is expected to last until the end of 2013 and will affect every owner within the development as crews strip and replace the outer envelope of the building, including the stucco exterior and outside masonry, stabilize the buildings foundation and install stabilizing walls in many units.
Three units will need to be completely or partially gutted, and multiple residents will need to evacuate their condos for as long as a few months. Most businesses in the development are expected to continue operating throughout the construction.
The project is a major one for Reconstruction Experts, the Denver-based general contractor for the project, said Jeremiah Franks, vice president of the companys southwest region. The size and scope of the project was a major reason why the company opened an office in Durango, Franks said. The companys work on Rivergate also attracted the attention of other businesses that have since become clients.
We plan to be here for a long time, Franks said.
Such a big project has the potential to make a significant impact on the local construction economy if the project uses local builders, said Janet Enge, executive officer of the Homebuilders Association of Southwest Colorado. Doug Ware, president of the homeowners association, said most of the subcontractors on the project will be local.
The Rivergate complex was built in 2003. The buildings are 17 percent commercial and 83 percent residential space, which equates to 68 condo units. City calculations, which are based only on square footage, show the buildings are valued at $10,738,000, but litigation documents showed they are actually worth more like $20 million, Beckett said. The settlement costs reflect the fact that rebuild projects many times cost more than original construction costs, Ware said.
For the 82 homeowners represented by the homeowners association, the settlement brought relief, Ware said. When problems were first discovered, many people were in denial about what was going on and others opposed the lawsuit, afraid it would affect their ability to sell or get financing on their mortgages, Beckett said.
The lion share of the deficiencies were unbeknownst to homeowners until contractors hired by attorneys investigated extensively.
Nobody anticipated the magnitude of the project, Ware said.
No one expected such fundamental flaws in the idyllic riverside development.
You look and you say how could there be that much wrong with this place? he said. What lurks beneath?
Now, they finally know.


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This series of learning modules is designed for adaptation in an introductory Earth science or planetary science course. The modules actively engage students through Mars remote-sensing data and Earth-based analogs to understanding Mars geology.... (View More) Interviews with planetary scientists and geologists present current issues in planetary sciences. (View Less)
This lesson plan teaches how to select the landing site for a planetary surface investigation, using the 5E learning cycle. Students will be able to determine a landing site for their Mars rover; work with their team to summarize information and... (View More) identify important details in non-fiction writing; research Gale Crater through an online interactive module; use Google Earth Mars to learn about Mars surface features; gather and analyze data to conduct a scientific experiment; collect and record data in a science notebook to draw logical and scientific conclusions; define and identify the role of controls and variables in teams' scientific or technical questions; and differentiate between weather and climate. The lesson plan has a number of appendices, including standards alignment. This is Lesson 8 of the elementary school version of the 6 week Mars Rover Celebration curriculum. (View Less)
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Learners will read or listen to a story about two sisters, Marisol and Sofia, as they explore the Sun's role in the water cycle. Additionally, numerous extension resources are included in the accompanying educator guide, such as suggestions for... (View More) no-cost language arts activities, links to further science activities, a book walk cue chart to guide classroom discussion before, during, and after the story, a graphic organizer, and alignments to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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The emphasis of this lesson is deepening students' understanding of how and why we measure precipitation across the globe. Students will look at NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data gathered during hurricanes and how this data can... (View More) prove essential in helping scientists forecast the amount of precipitation. Students will also learn how the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission is enabling scientists to collect new information on hurricanes. The lesson uses the 5E instructional sequence. (View Less)
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Students will learn about the temperature change of Earth during the 20th century and through 2010. They will read a NASA press release describing recent trends in global climate change since 1900, and view a NASA eClips™ video segment about the... (View More) energy budget of Earth. They will then examine data to look for trends, calculate slopes and rates of change, and use this information to predict climate change for the year 2050. This activity is part of the Space Math multi-media modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence. (View Less)
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This past week and for most of August I'm on a cat-sitting/house-sitting gig. It's been fun so far, and I have 2 fuzzy companions who are generally amiable and will happily purr and wrap themselves around my legs/hands/any part of me that provides a sitting surface. What's been intriguing so far is that neither of these feline gals is particularly interested in my knitting. Sure, if I try to knit when one of them is on my lap, they will inevitably grab at it, but even if I've got a ball of yarn sitting on the floor as I knit, they eventually lose interest.
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Note that on the coffee table behind her there is my knitting bag (full of yarny goodness), 2 WIPs, and a quantity of yarn, but for her the most important thing is the plastic bag that fell to the floor. Mine, mine, mine, she says. (Except then, she played with it so vigorously that the rustling startled her and she ran away. Poor wacko.)
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Then I started blocking the Ravenclaw cardi (grey yarn substitution still going strong), using my handy-dandy new foam-mats-turned-blocking-boards, purchased for about $17. I thought that all this wool lying out on an easily accessible flat surface would at least pique their interest, but in the end both cats only sniffed it surreptitiously and gave it a wide berth on their way through the back porch:
Cats, man, just when I think I've got 'em figured out. My explanation is that the Lady of The House isn't a knitter, so if the cats have been raised without exposure to Knitted Things, then the introduction of same will provide only passing interest.
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Clinical Anesthesia residents receive 3 weeks of vacation in each of their CA 1-3 years, with an additional 5 days off arranged during the winter holidays (Christmas or New Years) whenever possible. Residents are allowed 5 meeting days during each of their CA1-3 years, in addition to vacation. Clinical Base Year residents also receive 3 weeks of vacation during their CBY year, with an additional 5 days off arranged during the winter holidays (Christmas or New Years) whenever possible. (While this is not absolutely guaranteed, it is the norm for our program, as well as for most intern rotations.)
The Department of Anesthesiology provides a generous resident spending allowance of $5,000 over the four
years of training, to help cover the cost of books, meetings, lab coats, etc. The Department provides 2 essential anesthesia texts during the CBY year, as well as other supplemental books throughout residency to aid in In-Training Exam and board preparation. Many additional Anesthesia textbooks are available through our library in E-textbook format. Sponsorships are provided for resident conference presenters whenever possible. The Department of Anesthesiology reimburses each resident one time for the cost of Step 3.Anesthesia trainees have a new study room in close proximity to the OR with 10 study carrels, 5 computers, and network printer. There are two additional resident study rooms in the department, as well as the department library, and kitchen (free coffee, tea, hot chocolate.) Additional benefits offered through NCBH (please see the House Staff website for details):
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LONDON (AP) — David Cameron's Conservative Party suffered an embarrassing defeat Friday when an insurgent, anti-European Union Party knocked his party into third place in a special election.
The special election result in the southern England town of Eastleigh gives the right-wing United Kingdom Independence Party, or UKIP, a new burst of publicity and could tempt Cameron — a centrist who has adopted traditionally left-wing causes including green energy and gay marriage — to veer further to the right.
"The Conservative Party are going to have to completely rethink their strategy," said Gerry Stoker, a professor of politics and governance at the nearby University of Southampton. "They cannot afford to ignore UKIP. This indicates that they are a serious threat."
British by-elections are a prime time for protest votes and regularly produce upsets, but they're closely watched by pundits and pollsters for signs of voter sentiment. Consigned to an embarrassing No. 3 finish in a town where they've historically been competitive, the Conservatives will now be trying to piece together why voters abandoned them in favor of a marginal party whose animating force is anti-EU sentiment. The central part of its platform calls for Britain to withdraw from the EU.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage told BBC radio that Cameron failed because "traditional Tory voters look at Cameron and they ask themselves: "Is he a Conservative?' And they conclude: 'No, he's not.' He's talking about gay marriage, wind turbines, unlimited immigration from India. He wants Turkey to join the European Union."
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Conservative stalwart Norman Tebbit suggested that there might be something to that.
"Perhaps the most obvious lesson for Mr. Cameron is that if a party leader kicks his own supporters often enough they will kick back," Tebbit wrote.
There was better news for Cameron's coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, who won the election.
The contest was kicked off when Chris Huhne, a senior Liberal Democrat lawmaker, resigned in disgrace after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice — by getting his then-wife to take the penalty for his speeding violation.
The Liberal Democrats' efforts to hang onto Huhne's seat in Eastleigh were further complicated by the party leadership's stumbling reaction to allegations that former chief executive Chris Rennard inappropriately touched and propositioned several women.
Stoker said the low turnout of 53 percent pointed to a wider disillusionment with mainstream politicians and an economy which has been stuck in the doldrums for years.
"Half of the population of Eastleigh said: 'I can't be bothered to vote,'" said Stoker. "This is a deeply disenchanted electorate."
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Mac Bundy Said He Was 'All Wrong'
Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam
The debate over foreign policy that culminated in President Barack Obama's address to the nation on December 1, 2009, concerns a war that began with the attack of a mainly Saudi Arabian group of politically radicalized Muslim men on New York and Washington, targets symbolic of American capitalism and alleged imperialism. These attacks, according to the group's leader, were to punish the United States for its decision, following the first Gulf War, to establish permanent American military bases in the region, blasphemously located (in the view of Osama bin Laden and his followers) in the holy territories of Saudi Arabia.
How these attacks, and the American reaction, led to American invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, so that nearly a decade later the war in Iraq remains incompletely resolved, while the United States, with NATO allies, is engaged in the war in Afghanistan against a resurgent Taliban movement and against those in Pakistan who harbor or support the Taliban, makes a tangled story, not to be recounted here. But it raises persistent parallels with the Vietnam catastrophe, the subject of Gordon M. Goldstein's Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam. Goldstein's is perhaps the most important book yet published on the United States' Vietnam experience, which changed the nation's history and continues to exercise a powerful influence on American foreign and security policy.
In 1995 the seventy-six-year-old Bundy, who had served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as national security adviser, felt himself challenged by the controversial memoir just published by his fellow member of both those administrations, ex-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara. McNamara had concluded that on Vietnam "we were wrong, terribly wrong," and expressed his sense of guilt for what had been done.
Bundy had since his government service refused on principle to criticize his former superiors, and invariably defended what had been American policy, its failure notwithstanding. He had remained silent on the moral issues raised by the war. The McNamara confession inspired him to reexamine his own experience.
This is where Gordon Goldstein enters. Bundy hired him as his research assistant. But as James G. Blight of Brown University says, in a review of Goldstein's book in the online magazine Truthdig,1 the two of them—Goldstein was less than half the age of Bundy—became true collaborators as Bundy struggled with his own memories and written records in the light of the documentation and testimony provided by the younger man about the events of those years. However, Bundy died in September 1996, long before the book was drafted.
With the agreement of the Bundy family, Goldstein now has published his own book about the unfinished Bundy memoir. Blight describes it as…
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At this week's Fireside Lecture, Dr. Roman Motyka, of the Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Jason Amundson, with the University of Alaska Southeast, will present a lecture on calving glaciers beginning tonight at 6:30 p.m. and repeating at 8 p.m. at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.
In an email this week, Motyka said the talk will "explore the mechanics of how glaciers calve, the different styles of calving, what triggers calving and the influence that oceans have on calving glaciers and vice versa."
"We will provide examples based on our firsthand experiences and illustrate them by several of our time-lapse videos of major calving events," he said. "We will focus on specific calving glaciers in Alaska, and then examine Jakobshavn Isbrae, a major outlet glacier in west Greenland."
A massive calving event — roughly the size of Manhattan — at the Greenland glacier was captured last year and can be seen in the film "Chasing Ice." Motyka said their talk will incorporate bits from that video and the "talk will help provide the scientific underpinnings for that film's excellent footage of calving glaciers."
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., introduced her new FAIR Act bill on Wednesday to expedite and increase the revenue sharing of offshore oil-and-gas production with Louisiana and other coastal states.
The bipartisan Fixing America's Inequity with Revenues Act is cosponsored with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and also includes new revenue sharing for alternative energy production both offshore and on federal lands. Unlike Landrieu's previous legislative efforts, the new bill excludes the expansion of offshore oil-and-gas drilling in order to give it a more viable chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate.
The bill is introduced at a time when the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has expressed a greater interest in finding a national solution to state revenue sharing for offshore energy production.
"The purpose of this bill is to bring justice to coastal states and to create an opportunity for all states to move to cleaner alternative energy by better using the revenues that come from our fossil fuels," Landrieu said. "With the fuels of the last century, we're trying to build a bridge I think to the next century."
Since 1920, interior states have kept 50 percent of revenues from all oil, gas and coal produced on federal lands. However, energy production offshore of the Gulf Coast states has generated $211 billion in federal revenues, while the states have received very little.
In 2011, for instance, energy production off of Louisiana's coast generated $5.7 billion in federal revenues with $26.7 million going back to the state. But Wyoming generated $2.1 billion in energy production revenues on federal lands and got $995 million back.
The argument is that coastal states should benefit more because they take nearly as much economic and environmental risk with offshore production, such as the 2010 BP oil tragedy, as the interior states do with production on federal lands.
Critics though contend that more state revenue sharing will deplete federal revenues and only motivate more offshore drilling.
Earlier this month, eight Senate Democrats sent a letter to Wyden asking him to oppose such revenue-sharing plans.
"Passing a law that would allow for revenue sharing would be premature without reforms designed to make the offshore oil industry safer," the eight Democrats wrote.
"This is going to be very rigorous debate," Landrieu said Wednesday. "We do not expect the sledding on this to be easy, to borrow an Alaska term."
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That law would allow Louisiana to share in the 37.5 percent royalty that the federal government receives from new drilling in 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana is expected to receive close to half of the funds, with the rest going to Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.
Because the offshore drilling revenue sharing is capped at $500 million a year for the four states, rough estimates show Louisiana starting with as much as $100 million in 2017, and then growing from there. But much of that depends on the amounts of future offshore oil-and-gas drilling off Louisiana's coastline.
The FAIR Act would remove the $500 million cap and move the timeline up from 2017 to 2013.
The legislation could butt heads with President Barack Obama's proposal last week to create a new "Energy Security Trust" to fund research and development for alternative energies and more efficient fuels. Landrieu previously criticized the proposal because it involves funding the $2 billion, 10-year trust by using royalty revenues from offshore oil-and-gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond.
Landrieu said Obama's proposal "could be complementary to our idea" but that it must be tweaked.
"In the White House proposal, there is no security for the Gulf Coast," Landrieu said. "Until there is security for the Gulf Coast, I can't be supportive of basically using money produced by Gulf Coast states for everybody else's security and leaving us sinking into the ocean."


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Earlier this year, a user on the Twitch game streaming site made a figurative splash when he created a system that allowed all of the users in the stream's chatroom to play Pokémon Red. Now, another stream has made a literal splash by rigging a system to allow a fish to play Pokémon Red.
The "Fish Plays Pokemon" stream is manned by Grayson Hopper, a fish who can make button presses by swimming around in a webcam stream split into a three-by-three grid. Each square is mapped to a specific Game Boy button, and when Grayson swims into a square that button is pressed. According to the stream's creators, the project was created in about 24 hours for hackNY, a "hackathon" for students organized by NYU and Columbia faculty members.
So far Grayson has been playing for more than 130 hours, in which time he has chosen and named a Charmander (an interesting choice, since Grayson is most likely a Water-type) and defeated his rival's Squirtle. Given the fish's totally random button inputs, the length of the game, and the average lifespan of every fish I've ever owned, it seems unlikely that Grayson will ever make it to the end of the game.
The Twitch Plays Pokemon stream that started all of this nonsense became much more efficient after its initial burst of popularity died down, and it recently finished playing through Pokémon X after beating games from every other generation of the franchise. The stream is currently playing Pokémon Stadium 2.


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Bonnie Wright Debuts A New Short Haircut!
Bonnie Wright smiles as she poses on a balcony with her new shorter locks in this photo posted to her personal Instagram account!
The 21-year-old British Harry Potter star revealed the gorgeous shot of her haircut with a simple caption: "Chop'd."
Bonnie also shared her love for British boyband One Direction by tweeting a picture of iTunes asking her to confirm her purchase of their latest album Take Me Home, saying: "Oh I'm sure! lol."
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Former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm said on her Current TV show Tuesday evening that voter suppression efforts across the country could be considered as "treasonous" acts.
Granholm took a swipe at the Republican Party, feeling their push for tougher voter eligibility laws and limiting early voting is an obvious attack on the Democratic party's key base.
"Why do they do this?" Granholm asked. "Seems kind of obvious. When you don't have the winning ideas, you change the rules of the game. And when you can't convince voters that you are the best choice, you restrict their ability to choose."
"Efforts to suppress voting are not just selfish, there not just short-sighted. Voter restriction laws, that lead to an outcome based upon process instead upon merit, might be labeled – and I imagine even by our founding fathers – as treasonous."
In 2011, 37 states instituted or introduced new voter suppression measures . Voter ID laws disproportionally affect people of color, according to a Brennan Center study. A 93-year-old Pennsylvania woman, who said she has voted in every election since 1962, has filed suit against such Voter ID measures.
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On the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's arrival in Nairobi, a man blew himself up Friday apparently while trying to toss a grenade at Kenyan soldiers in a Muslim district of the capital, highlighting the growing threat of violent Islamism in the region even as Somalia's al Shabab group is losing ground nearby.
The attack, like most of the terrorism in Kenya since the nation declared war against the al Qaida-affiliated al Shabab last fall and sent troops into Somalia, was small-scale and unsophisticated.. According to an eyewitness – Alfred Ochieng, who was walking home from work – the grenade blew up in the hand of the would-be assailant in Nairobi's Somali-heavy Eastleigh neighborhood. The attacker died, and a bystander was wounded.
The apparent target was a pair of Kenyan soldiers 30 feet away who were standing guard outside the military's Moi airfield.
Speaking at the scene, Nairobi Police Chief Antony Kibuchi said police suspected that the man who was killed had been carrying the explosives. He said they hadn't determined what the explosive was.
A number of what are thought to be reprisal attacks have hit Kenya since it sent troops into Somalia, where it's seized a number of towns and pushed al Shabab fighters east.
The attack appeared likely to be the work of the Muslim Youth Center, a Kenyan group that claimed earlier this year to have merged with al Shabab as part of "al Qaida in East Africa." Muslims constitute more than 10 percent of Kenya's population, concentrated on the Indian Ocean coast and along the border with Somalia.
On Wednesday, the Muslim Youth Center posted a statement online urging members to be vigilant for government raids. The group's Twitter account linked immediately to a story of the grenade attack Friday, with the commentary, "Has it started?" followed by, "No news yet but we are waiting for information from the Mujahideen." It wasn't clear whether the group was taking responsibility for the attack, however.
Reports by the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea are flooded with references to the Muslim Youth Center and its close connections to al Shabab's leadership in southern Somalia. The U.N. reports say the Kenyan cell recruits young men and raises money for military operations in Somalia while planning terrorism attacks in Kenya.
"Monitoring Group investigations reveal that the Muslim Youth Center in particular seeks to use its sanctuaries in Somalia as springboards for terrorist acts in Kenya, deploying several operational cells to Kenya in recent months for this purpose," the group's July report said.
Clinton will arrive in Nairobi on Saturday. She's expected to meet with Kenyan election officials and Somali political leaders who've come to Nairobi for the discussions.


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Cam Cameron, the offensive coordinator whose firing in Baltimore corresponded with an offensive turnaround that led the Ravens to a championship, has landed a new job.
Cameron is the new offensive coordinator at LSU, Bruce Feldman of CBS reports. Cameron and LSU head coach Les Miles have a close relationship and were assistants together at Michigan from 1987 to 1993.
LSU has struggled on offense the last two years under offensive coordinator Greg Studrawa, who will reportedly move back to coaching LSU's offensive line.
Although Cameron has been in the NFL for the last decade, he has a wealth of experience in college as an assistant at Michigan and as head coach at Indiana.


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Bath blanks Wapakoneta, 6-0, in WBL play
From staff reports
The Wapakoneta Redskins lost to the Bath Wildkittens, 6-0, on Monday in a Western Buckeye League varsity girls soccer game at Ryan Field.
The loss dropped Wapak to 6-2 overall and 1-2 in the WBL.
The Redskins will play at Celina at 6 p.m. Thursday for their next contest.
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Microsoft Concedes Windows 8 Misses Expectations
Just six months into one of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT -1.36% biggest fix-it projects, the company has gone back to the drawing board.
The software giant, in an unusually frank admission about the shortcomings of its Windows 8 operating system, has confirmed that it is making changes to its sales strategy and to its software to address user complaints with a coming update dubbed "Windows Blue."
"The world is changing and changing fast, and frankly we also didn't get everything we dreamed of done in the first release," said Tami Reller, a co-head of Microsoft's flagship Windows business, in an interview last week.
Ms. Reller said Microsoft plans in coming weeks to provide more details about the product, which will introduce new features and address user gripes that Windows 8 is too confusing to use. She didn't provide details in the interview or in a corporate blog post on Tuesday.
But analysts have speculated that Microsoft may change one of the focus points for Windows 8 haters: the removal of the familiar Microsoft "Start" menu, and a sometimes awkward fusion of the traditional Windows desktop with a new type of screen showing rows of colorful tiles similar to a smartphone screen. Some users have said they dislike having to move back and forth between those modes.
Some analysts criticized Microsoft's long-delayed admission that Windows 8 needs a reboot.
"Almost everybody in the tech industry already knows the [Windows 8] experience is suboptimal," said Patrick Moorhead, president of research firm Moor Insights & Strategy. "Microsoft was the last one…in the room to realize this was the case."
Windows 8, the operating software launched in October, was intended to catapult Microsoft and its allies into the market for new kinds of computing devices—including tablets—and help generally get consumers more interested in buying new personal computers. Six months after the operating software's debut, it isn't yet a hit by the accounts of some PC executives and research firms.
One market-research firm, IDC, went so far as to say that Windows 8 did more than fail to revive the PC market—it actually turned off users with changes to basic elements of the widely used operating system.
Ms. Reller disputed IDC's contention, and said the company is seeing steady if not steep sales progress. She said Microsoft has sold 100 million copies of Windows 8 since October, up from 60 million in January.
Microsoft's willingness to shift strategy on Windows 8 is a test for Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, whose leadership has been criticized by some investors. Mr. Ballmer placed a high-profile bet on a computing philosophy that PCs, tablet computers and smartphones should share common elements, style and underlying software.
"Windows 8 is simply the biggest deal from our company in at least 17 years," Mr. Ballmer said at a July event.
The hiccups for Windows 8, however, have spotlighted the sometimes-awkward fit when software is grafted onto both a tablet computer used for watching movies and surfing the Web, and on a 27-inch desktop computer primarily for workplace functions.
Microsoft rival Apple Inc. has different software for tablets and for computers, believing the tablet is a separate computing category altogether and it shouldn't try to be a PC in a different guise.
As part of a wave of changes that Microsoft is planning in coming months, Ms. Reller outlined how Microsoft is working on helping people overcome obstacles to learning a dramatically revamped software, altering the shopping experience for consumers, getting more of people's favorite apps available for Windows 8, and making sure a wider array of Windows 8 computing devices will be on sale.
Ms. Reller repeated what Windows 8 users and retailers have said for many months—Windows 8 is a better experience on touch-screen devices—and vowed that Microsoft will put all its weight behind touch-screen devices. But Ms. Reller conceded Microsoft missed a sales opportunity by not having enough touch-screen Windows 8 devices out of the gate, especially at prices that are hundreds of dollars and not in the range of $1,000 as some higher-end Windows 8 touchscreen computers have been.
"If we could have done a better job accomplishing that in the holiday launch or in the selling season following, that certainly would have made a positive difference," Ms. Reller said. She said Microsoft has been having discussions with PC makers such as Dell Inc. to help them figure out what devices should get the most attention, so they're not making bets on an unsustainable number of different devices.
Ms. Reller also said Microsoft is spreading the message to retailers that if they want help from Microsoft's marketing and promotional muscle, they will need to offer more and more variety of touchscreen Windows 8 machines.
Microsoft also missed a sales boom of the small tablets that suddenly became popular with consumers last fall. People familiar with Microsoft's product plans have said the company didn't anticipate the rise of sub-8-inch tablets, which comprised nearly half of the tablet market in the fourth quarter, according to IDC.
Ms. Reller in the interview said Windows technical staff responded "awfully darn fast" to the surge of sales of devices such as Google Inc.'s 7-inch Nexus tablet and Apple's 7.9-inch iPad Mini.
Ms. Reller declined to discuss Microsoft's plans for more homegrown computing devices in addition to two models of its Surface tablet-style computer introduced since October. The Wall Street Journal has reported Microsoft is working on a new lineup of its own devices including a 7-inch tablet.
For the updated Windows software, Microsoft plans two updates in coming weeks.
First up will be details about pricing, packaging and an official name to replace the Blue code name. The new software will be available later this year in time for the holiday season, Ms. Reller said.
On Tuesday, Microsoft also said a test version of the new Windows software will be available in late June.
A second Blue update will explain the technical vision, address customer feedback about Windows 8, and outline options for new types of Windows 8 machines, she said.
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Most of the details surrounding the next Nexus have already leaked, but we are still unsure of the final product name and launch plan. This morning The Verge reports that the device could launch as the "Nexus 4″, according to a leak from UK retailer Carphone Warehouse. If their inventory system description is correct, we also might see black and white color options for the Nexus 4.
The LG Nexus would be the 4th phone in the Nexus series and we expect it to feature a 4.7 inch display, so the name Nexus 4 certainly makes sense. Google already went with Nexus 7 for their 7-inch tablet by ASUS, and they are widely expected to partner with Samsung on a 10.1-inch tablet sold under the name Nexus 10. Other rumors have even suggested there could be a Nexus 5 by HTC, but there has not been a lot of evidence to back that up.
We were originally told that the next Nexus would be announced in October, and CNET had a similar report saying the LG device would launch this month. CNET's sources also said the product name was still undecided, so don't be surprised if the LG Nexus launches with a different name like the "Optimus Nexus."
What do you think of the name Nexus 4? Are you ready to hand over your money to Google, or will you wait and see if any other Nexus phones appear?


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A Food Blog that shares tried & true recipes, and my passion for cooking and baking with a garnish of beginning gardening and some travel.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Skillet Ziti - From America's Test Kitchen to Mine
16 comments:
- High Heels & Good Meals! said...
Oh this Ziti looks devine! Wish I had me a bowl right now!
- July 31, 2011 at 5:39 PM
- Joanne said...
I'm so glad the problem was fixed!
I can definitely see why you guys went with this ziti...seems like comfort heaven to me!
- July 31, 2011 at 5:48 PM
- Allie said...
I love how beautiful and tasty this dish looks. You can tell what it tastes like by just looking at it! And I love that you said it was easy :) I definitely agree with using fresh mozz! And of course I like the healthified zucchini.
- July 31, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- bellini said...
Americas Test Kitchen rests and retests all of their recipes so you can't go wrong!
- August 1, 2011 at 4:24 AM
- Cheryl said...
That looks simply delicious, I have everything I need to make it on hand!
- August 1, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Karen (Back Road Journal) said...
Hi Debbie, I have been having problems on my computer also. Actually, I don't know if it is my computer or wordpress so I can sympathize. Your pasta dish is both beautiful and delicious sounding. Do you suppose that if you didn't add the water to the sauce, cooked the pasta separately, then added it to the sauce that it might give you the consistency you wanted.
- August 1, 2011 at 2:27 PM
- Mimi G said...
So good to see you back!!! Glad everything is working. This pasta dish looks fantastic, plus easy to fix. What a great hot weather dish. Thanks for a great recipe!!!
- August 1, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- A Feast for the Eyes said...
The idea behind ATK's recipe is to only need one pan. So cooking the noodles separately would defeat that purpose. I'm thinking less water, but not eliminating it at all. It's worth a try!
- August 1, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Runny or not, it looks darn delicious. The zucchini probably added some of the water no doubt. Have you received any pasta in the mail lately?
- August 1, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Roz from 'la bella vita' said...
What an interesting way to prepare ziti . . . any recipe from America's test kitchen is a consistent winner in my kitchen. Bookmarking this Deb! Glad to see you're back! Thanks for stopping by with your nice comment too!
- August 1, 2011 at 8:05 PM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
This looks delicious. I definitely like the fresh mozarella in this - it looks like it melted beautifully.
- August 2, 2011 at 4:53 AM
- Chris and Amy said...
Sounds like the perfect comfort food. The fresh mozzarella is a must in our book.
- August 2, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- Toyin O. said...
That looks really good, thanks for sharing.
- August 3, 2011 at 11:50 AM
- Cathy at Wives with Knives said...
Hi Debby - I hope your feedburner issues are resolved for the time being. It's so darn stressful when any part of our blogs malfunction. Love this dish and the fact that it can be prepared in a single skillet. Perfect for a busy night.
- August 3, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Sam @ My Carolina Kitchen said...
Looks delicious. I'm not sure how to fix the runny sauce either.
So glad your Feedburner problem is solved. I know it must have been very frustrating.
- August 4, 2011 at 10:54 AM
- Monica H said...
This looks delicious! And I have everything on hand minus the ziti, but I do have other fun shaped pastas on hand. I'm gonna give this one a try! Thanks, Deb!
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Friday Video – OK Go, "Needing/Getting"
Click here to listen to OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky on Spotify
Their other videos may have taken more discipline in terms of getting those one-take shots right, but one could make a valid argument that this is OK Go's most ambitious video yet. Music on wheels!
Here's the story: OK Go teamed up with Chevrolet – funny how this used to be viewed as a sellout move, but in today's musical climate, it's not just survival, it's savvy business acumen – to produce a two-mile track in the desert outside of Los Angeles where the band strategically placed instruments so that, when the band drove the new Chevy Sonic at a certain speed, it would play a bare-bones version of their song "Needing/Getting" while they sang along in headsets and wearing race car-type crash gear, of course. Once again, each member is wearing his own color, but they're not the same colors they wore in the videos for "End Love" or "This Too Shall Pass." Actually, guitarist Andy Ross is wearing red for a second time, but by and large, these guys have a thing about making sure they do not repeat themselves.
As a friend of ours said, they're the hardest working band in music videos. That may not sound like much, but there is something to be said for creating something indelible. Pop music has given up on immortality, and instead focused on the now. At least someone is still looking at the long term. Don't be surprised if nearly everything about this generation's music is forgotten, while OK Go's videos live on and on.
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I want to carry out PWM control of a solenoid using the NP50P04SDG, but the control signal on the gate side rises slowly, so I can't control the duty ratio of the output voltage on the drain side. The reason I'm using a p-channel MOSFET is because n-channel open drain output format cannot be used with solenoid specifications.
It also depends on the PWM frequency, but since the NP50P04SDG has large input capacitance (Ciss Typ 5000 pF), if pull-up resistance and gate series resistance are high the time constant will also be large. This is probably what is slowing down the rise of the gate to source voltage. To fix this, please use a low Ciss MOSFET.
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Okay folks, it's time for a revolution.
The Sam, we all love ya man but locking the original Random Thoughts thread and starting your own version was pretty weak sauce.
This is my claim to fame, my everlasting mark on the world, my thing, you dig?
I have a brand image to protect. Well not really, but I respectfully ask that this thread be left open and that other impostor thread be left to languish in Topic Is Closed purgatory.
Either that or The Sam shall be my nemesis forever. Wherever he goes there shall be I, thwarting his every wish and desire.
I agree. We should go with this one, and continue the legacy.
The issue has been addressed ( ) by management
Good now make me some creme brulee!
All hail the Scratchy Synthetic Cotton Replacement! Hail! Hail!
I have rated this thread 4 check-marks, in accordance with the prophesies.
Also I feel I should reiterate the last random post I made in the old old thread: snow plow drivers are dicks.
Can't, no blowtorch.
Why can't the schedules sync up?
And when is that spaceship of a desk going to be finished?
Now that this thread has started over maybe I can actually read it. I ignored the last one for the first few weeks and ended up not wanting to jump in on the middle
Random thread fight!!!
I found a new (to me) forum today, browsed it for an hour, and still didn't have the most basic grokking about what it all meant. Imagine "Brunchma for prepubescent wannabe racist anarchists," only the membership consisted of degreed academics and television producers. To paraphrase Eric Sevareid, it seemed as if their mission is to nibble themselves to death publicly.
I registered, of course. It seemed appropriate to take the nick, "What?"
We live in an airbag society.
Stop walking around acting like you're invincible, dammit.
I'm confused as to which random thoughts thread to post in. So let me be the first to use the smiley.
Post in the one that isn't locked.
It's going to snow tonight. And it has been cold enough that it might stick.
My kids have been telling me the stars are broken because they wish for snow and it never comes, but now they may get to see snow on the ground for the first time.
And someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
I have no thoughts. I just want to be on the first page of the new thread.
Yay, page 1! So, my mother in law calls today, and wants some (more) free tech support. Well, let's see, my suggestion on a cheap Dell (she wanted a Dell) was rebuffed, and instead of going with NOD32 she re-upped Norton.
Today her printer was not working, I suggested that perhaps her cartridge was not in completely. She scoffed, and then called back later to let us know that kicking the printer solved the issue.
I finally quit smoking.
Took a three week plague of some sort to do it, but there it is.
I will get in on the ground floor of this thread with that.
In before the second page?
I have to admit, playing fallout 3 in god mode and using the mirv to kill everything at point blank range is doing wonders for my stress levels.
Of course, today would be a quasi-off day, and it's the day that things get blown up real good at work on a very important customer.
So I'm still working far later than I expected today.
Where did I leave that scotch...
It's annoying to see all the places that are closed today while I have to work.
Lame, I had the first post in the last thread. I want my money back.
I laughed sofa king hard when I saw this happening. man.
Posting in an epic thread.
Your face is an epic thread.
Let me be the first to use this smiley: for no good reason.
I like the two others that go with this one on SA.
Nobody expects
I made a mushroom soup caserole with tater tots for dinner last night. I felt the need to relive my poor white trash upbringing. I must say, it was far tastier than my Mom's. Sorry Ma. Next week I think I will have Banquet fried chicken and crinkle cut fries...
Chick-Fil-A Nuggets: Proof that God Exists, and That He Loves Us. Or At Least Me.
Hmm.... Even with a new thread there's been nothing since the 5th of Jan.
I do hope that she's traveling fair.
And the other mystery has been silent since the 8th.
/me wonders if subscriptions for them have lapsed?
Why oh why did it take me 28 years to put cheese on top of my pasta? It was like eating angels.
[Brag]: I read the whole thread BACKWARDS from the last page to the first in just over two years of intermittent bouts of mind-numbing boredom. It didn't always make sense that way, but, hey, anything for a record.
Uggg, no naps for the tiny people tomorrow, as it just makes a war come bedtime.
I feel no need to be on the first page of a long thread.
Wait... what?
My girlfriend is watching, "Jon and Kate Plus Eight."
I don't know if I've ever despised a show more.
I'm gonna be on the first page twice.
When I first saw your commercial, I thought "hey, cool. I like the song, cool!" Now, you have played it 8,000,000 times in like two weeks. It's not funny or cool anymore, please stop.


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UPDATE: Aprilia and the FIM deny any irregularities with Biaggi's Aprilia RSV4 at Assen.
Respected source in the World Superbike community, Sport-Bikes.fr is reporting that WSBK technical scrutineers have found an illegal fuel injection system on Max Biaggi's Aprilia RSV4 Factory at the Assen round of the Championship series. According to World Superbike rules, the entire fuel injection system must be original to the street homologated motorcycle, including the pump, fuel lines, and injectors.
Scrutineering at Phillip Island found that the injectors of all three Aprilias were in compliance, as was also the case for the outlet pressure injection pump, which was checked at Donington Park. However at Assen, Max Biaggi's RSV4 was found to be different from the bikes used by Camier and Haga, and was racing with a non-original fuel injection pump.
A fuel injection pump seems hardly a worthy offense to crucify the reigning World Champion over, and many will state that pushing the limits of the rule book is a part of racing (something Aprilia is already known for). Accordingly World Superbike has not docked Biaggi of his results from Sunday's races, nor has it levied any sort of penalty for the team's actions. Instead, Aprilia has simply been told it much replace the pump by the next race at Monza.


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The Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of Buffalo, has announced a $10.7 million goal for the 2013 Appeal in support of Catholic Charities of Buffalo.
The 89th annual campaign launched with a $100,000 increase over last year's $10.6 million goal, which the organization achieved. Bishop Malone also named Blessed Frederic Ozanam the patron of the Appeal.
Working under the theme "Protect. Strengthen. Empower.", more than 600 Appeal volunteers will begin to reach out to individuals and businesses in the Western New York community to encourage their support of the 70 myriad programs offered by Catholic Charities - the most comprehensive human services provider serving the region's eight counties.
"Inspired by the three core principles central to the work of Catholic Charities, this theme articulates how our efforts benefit the community and those who turn to us for help," Malone said. "The theme also magnifies the link between the generosity of our donors and the results of our efforts."
Funds raised through the 2013 Appeal will help fund Catholic Charities' programs across 61 sites. Appeal Week 2013 will take place March 17 through 24 to celebrate the support of Western New Yorkers who have made a contribution, and encourage those who have not already donated to do so.
Although Appeal Week marks the strongest push for donations, volunteers will be working to achieve the final goal throughout the coming months, and if necessary, until the conclusion of Catholic Charities' fiscal year on June 30.
Among the many services benefiting from the Appeal include behavioral health services, food pantries, basic relief services, counseling for individuals, children and families, and the refugee assistance program.
Sister Mary McCarrick, OSF, is diocesan director of Catholic Charities. Stephen Ulrich, owner of Granite Spine LLC, is chairman of the 2013 Appeal.
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Many cats wind up in shelters because the prior owners had unrealistic expectations about the time, effort and money involved in caring for pets. Do your homework before taking the cat adoption plunge.
When training your cat, the goal is for her to associate a certain desired behavior with a reward. To some extent, humans are no different. We're more inclined to do something if we know a reward -- be it monetary, edible or verbal praise -- is coming. Cats, of course, love to eat, so food is an easy option. But in situations where you want to avoid extra edible handouts, try clicker training combined with verbal praise and extra attention.
Let's say you are trying to teach your cat to sit. When your cat adopts the proper position after you say "sit," immediately click the clicker and offer the praise. Studies show that cats respond to "sweet talk," technically called "motherese," which is similar to what we use when communicating with babies and kids. So, verbally praise her and then pet her, focusing on her favorite areas for massage.
Cats can quickly learn to associate sounds with expected consequences. Over time, your cat will know to sit when it hears the command and the clicker. Cats will often even behave when they hear the clicker alone, just as you may work overtime even when your boss forgets to praise you. You might stop when the rewards end, though, and your cat will too.
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Posted by: Johnny Loftus on June 30, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Factor, Chandelier (Fake Four, 2008)
MP3: "More Rude Than Handsome (Feat. Awol One)"
Factor is holding it down in Saskatoon. Maybe the city located in south-central Saskatchewan seems remote to you. But hey, it's only 15 hours from Minneapolis, Minn. and about six from Medicine Hat, Alberta, which is one of coolest names for a town in the history of names for towns. So, in the grand scheme, is Factor's home base any different, distance-wise or otherwise, than any of the far-flung places that music bleeds out of on a daily, hourly basis? Nope. Chandelier, the producer's first solo full-length, is instrumental hip-hop in the style of DJ Shadow with the added flourish of numerous MC guest shots. Sadat X of Brand Nubian (featured on the chopped funk of "Time of the Year"; he rhymes "tractor" with "Factor"…), Awol One of LA's Shape Shifters crew (on the atmospheric, piano-tinged "More Rude Than Handsome"), and fellow Canadians such as Vancouver-based Josh Martinez — he dresses up the fluid pace of "The Leen" — and Noah23, who on "Electric Furs of a Lynx" namechecks Bruce Springsteen, Sonic Youth, New York Dolls, and others like a proper noun version of Aesop Rock. Other highlights include "On My Way" with Oakland, Calif. MC Kirby Dominant and "Last Night's Dream," a true instrumental that moves on a wave of melancholy. The Shadow reference isn't shallow. Endtroducing worked (still works) because its creator discovered how to create effective substance from a form that often falls into samey territory. While Chandelier isn't legendary, Factor has a way with a sample and a beat, and the MCs he's working with seem to flow their vocals seamlessly into whatever quirk or moment he's working with on their tracks. Put your hands up for Saskatoon. — Johnny Loftus
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